Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 138

1506　Praha-Holesŏvice 3號月台　晴 　　整體來說Praha比Wien要好，建築物更「原汁原味」，物價更低，包包說這裡的女孩比較漂亮，但很快又發現，她們的服務態度往往不佳。 　　我們共用了€30買了約1450kc，經我們「宏觀調控」後，現在上車前，身上只剩下0.5kc，火車站店舖的「牙屑錢」真好賺。 the railway between czecho-german border and Dresden was non-stop, the train was the older version of DB (the one runs to Prague was "so eastern-europe", it meant "old", haha), so i could opened half of the window, that's the first time in this journey, so late it came. the train run along the river, because it's non-stop for a long distance, the train accerlerated, i thought it had reached 180-200kmh. under this speed, by the river, it recalled my days in morsel in 2004, eventually i remember why i wanted to be here again. only by the speed and wind, could blowed everything away, that's what i was looking for so long. on board i finished reading more that 10 pages of "the lord of the rings", good. url=http://www.y... read more

So I arrived in Berlin after getting off at the wrong Berlin stop and then checking the schedule and getting on a train which claimed to go where I needed to go and having all the German's tell me I was wrong. I ended up calling my couchsurfing host, Thomas, and he devised this whole plan, when in the end, all the German travellers were wrong and I was right, the train stopped at the main station after all. Right when I made it to Alexanderplatz to meet Thomas, it began to pour. We ran through the huge droplets to the car and by the time we arrived we were both soaking wet.... read more

We got up early this morning and caught the bus into town with our new American friends Dustin and Emily and met up with our group at Zoo station. The tour guide was actually an American as well, but had German parents and grew up speaking German. He is currently studying history at the Berlin Uni and has been living in the city for the past 6 years, so we were able to forgive his American accent. The walking tour was fantastic. It went for about 4 hours all around the city and he gave us some great insights on the city's history. We saw sights like the TV Tower - where the East Berliners tried to show their technological dominance over the West, only to need to get Swedish contractors in to actually do the ... read more

I made it to Berlin. I took the night train from Paris to Berlin which was very pleasent, but wouldn't have been half as nice if I didn't have a private sleeper (thank you Mom). But by not paying attention, I missed my stop and had to figure out how to take the Sbahn back to my original stop. I arrived half an hour late and Steffi and I found eachother with both of us on the verge of tears. We then spent the after noon walking around Berlin, sightseeing (checkpoint Charlie, etc). The day before yesterday and zesterday were spent at the local festivle here in Bernau. They celebrate a midievil battle in which the people of Bernau beat the Hueseten. It was great with a parade with handmade costumes and horses and beer carts, ... read more

Day 63 - June 7 - GERMANY - Berlin Accommodation: Odyssee Globetrotter Hostel My first night train in Europe and it was quite comfy, although I’ve heard those Germans are pretty efficient. I had to share a bunk bed with 5 other people, although I got on the train about 11pm and it was pretty quiet and a smooth trip so I actually slept pretty well. We came into the Berlin outer suburbs about 8am and I got my gear ready to go. I found out from my hostel website that I only had to go one more train station after getting off the night train to get to my hostel stop, and then it was only a 10 minute walk along a main road. It was a pretty nice hostel too. I hadn’t planned a ... read more